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Solid Waste <br />40 1 0 40 0.5 165 3,107 <br />Facilities <br />Vehicle Fleet 943 28 23 952 12.7 21,077 382,209 <br />Employee <br />1,103 66 55 1,124 15 15,506 275,054 <br />Commute <br />Other Process <br />0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <br />Fugitive <br />Mobile Source <br />0 0 0 40 0.5 0 0 <br />Refrigerants <br />Total 7,386 174 187 7,484 100 66,873 1,523,213 <br /> <br /> <br />As shown in Figure 2 and Table 2 (above), the largest emitting sector within University City’s <br />municipal operations were the city owned buildings and facilities, accounting for approximately <br />40.5 percent of the total government operations in 2005. Emissions from these buildings and <br />facilities result from the consumption of electricity and natural gas. The city’s streetlights, traffic <br />signals, and other outdoor lighting accounted for approximately 30.7 percent of the <br />government’s emissions. The city’s streetlights, traffic signals, and other outdoor lighting sector <br />was the most expensive sector by a significant margin. <br />iv <br />Climate Change Background <br />The warmth of the earth is a natural phenomenon of our planet. Global warming is caused by <br />large amounts of greenhouse gases made up of carbon dioxide and methane being trapped in the <br />earth’s atmosphere. Emissions from carbon dioxide are produced whenever fossil fuels are <br />burned (oil, natural gas, gasoline, diesel fuel and coal). As result of even a slight increase of <br />global temperature, major changes in climate patterns have been emerging, including extreme <br />weather events (such as Hurricane Ike and other major flood inducing storm activity). Methane <br />(or CH) is a byproduct of organic waste and sewage decomposition. Organic waste is made up <br />4 <br />of paper, yard trimmings, wood and food waste as it decomposes in landfills. Sewer treatment <br />plants are a significant source of methane, which is 21 times more powerful per unit than CO in <br />2 <br />its greenhouse effect. <br /> <br />thst <br />There is scientific evidence that human activity during the 20 and 21 centuries has caused the <br />earth to warm at an alarmingly accelerated pace that threatens our very existence. <br />Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that the manner in which human society is currently <br />living is unsustainable. We are significantly changing our climate; we are exacerbating many <br />human and environmental health issues; we are rapidly depleting non-renewable resources; we <br />are driving species to extinction; and we are jeopardizing the planet for future generations. In <br />2010-2011 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, City of University City, MO 8 <br /> <br /> <br />